Shade device



P. s. SMITH ET AL. SHADE DEVICE FtLED FEB 27. 1922.

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Application filed 1 mm 27, 1822. Serial Ho. 588,888.

To all whom it may concem;

Be it l'mo'wn that we, PAUL S. SMITH and ALBERT Fonsns, citizens of theUnited Statesresiding at Rocky Mount, in the coun of Ed combe, in theState of North Caro a, anf Wnms L. Simmons, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico, have inventedcertain new and useful Im-. provements in Shade Devices of which thefollowin is a specification, reference being had to t 'e'accornpanyingdrawings.

This invention relates to: a shade device for use in connection withheadlights, and more articularl to a shiitable' control plate or centrethe scope of'the rays from the headlight.

An im ortant object of the. invention is to rovi e an improved shiftable,plate.

further object of the invention is to provide an improved operatingmechanism therefor;

A still further obect of the in'ventionii to provide a headlig t controlof thisichan acter which. may be readily installed, which is simple inconstruction and. operation, durable in service, and a generallmprovement in the art. 1

These and other objects we attain by the construction and arrangementshownin the accompan drawings wherein for the purpose of embodiment ofour invention and wherein like reference characters designate like partsthrou hout. I

1is a entary si e eva't'ion showlng an autom l iile equipped with ashade apparatus and operating mechanism therefor constructed inaccordance with our invention;

Fi re 2 is an enlargediront elevation showing the shade devices inclosed position upon the headlights; and

Figure 8 is an enlarged sectional view she the operating mechanism forthe shade evice.

Referring now more particularly to the drawin the numeral 10 indicatesthe headlig ts of a vehicle upon each of which is mounted, at the uppersurface thereof, a bearing memberrll in which are rotatahly disposed theends of a shaft 12 exten transversely of the vehicle. To the ends 0 thisshaft above each headlight are secured,

in the State of Virginia,

driving lig t or that portion of t necessa to proper operation of hicle,lhhen the the entire rays 0 junobstructed, thus permitting t h .hee passwithout danger.

'erned at any point from between the lines ustration'ls show 11 apreferred I vided "with flanges" 14 plates" are in the "closed position, erg a each comprising a concave-convex disk havthe concave facethereof disposed toing .ward the headlight and polished'to form areflector,

lowermostedgesjthereof when the sameare mfthe closed position, as-illustrated b the full lines in 1 p a portion of the ra'ysto ass'fromthe headlight downwardly'and through a restricted area so as to groundimmediately in front of mobile, thus cutting elf the approachin lightthe the autovehicle without cuttinii olf the V the' vetplates 14 arefully open, the headlight pass out e use of'the mgnthedriver to' 'cutdownthe rays of 'ght so as to pgrmita vehicle to 'p s fl m y, oicourse,he arrah d at any intermediate position between closed positionsso thatrags ma heflgove redllced area Rand R to the full ray fiosit'ion whenthe rays are distributed l'roligh'an area" indicated by. the lines R andI The plates Mare preferably pm which, .when the gb t, the.Tunic-retainin rim'IOof the ha 'li ht. norderthatlightmay beconstant-lysned upgn the side of'theroad next adjacent w 'ch the vehicle istraveling, we provide the side of the plate arranged upon the headlightwhich will be disposed next adjacent the side of the road with a notchedor cutout portion 16 in the outer side thereof so that the rays will bedirected not only downwardly in front of the vehicle when 100 the plate14 is completely closed, but will be shed likewise to the side of thevehicle, illuminating the edge of the roadway and preventing dan%er ofthe driver of the veicle passing Where a vehicle upon which our deviceis mounted is employed in a territory having ri ht hand traflic and therule is that the vehicle keep to the right hand side of the road, theright hand lamp will have its plate 110 igure 2 withn notch 1 "per-,

These disks are provided in what am the glare from any .7 e. lightorwardly power of the headlight when, desired or enah be full open androm the road unwarned.

to the shaft 12, the spiral gearing Q 1,44a,ese

14 thus constructed andlivhere the ruleis for left hand trafi'c, thelate of the left hand headlight will be so constructed The numeral 1 7designates a shaiit extending longitudinallyotthe vehicle and providedat its forward end with a spiral gear 18 secured thereto and meshingwith a spiral gear 19 mounted upon the shaft 12. When the device isapplied to the headlights of automobiles, the shaft willpreferab'lyextend through and he rotstably mounted in a nipple 20 mounted in theradiator 21 of the vehicle and having a fixed flange 22 ahntt'in' oneface ofthc radiator and a removab e flange 23 which; when in appliedosition, abuts the opposite face of the ra iat'or. The opposite end ofthe shaft extends through a on port 24, in the presentinstance indicate"as the dashboard of the vehicle, and the shaft is provided ,with means,as collars 25, permitting limited end play of the shaft. U on thedashboard a bearing, 26 is provi ed through which the shaftextends andwhich has a shoulder and groove eng ment, as at 27, with a rotatable nut8. This nut has a recess 29 of eater size than the diameter of the shaitm which is disposed a spring 30 beari at its forward end against the endwall 0 the recess and at its 0' posits end against a head 31 formed upon1; e shaft 17 and operat-i in the reass 29 or in an enlar out 9 thereof.the head portion of to shaft being so formed that its engagement withthe nut 28 prevents relative rotation thereof. It will be seen that byengaging the nut with the hand the some may be rotated withdrawingagainst the action of the spring to disengage the shoulder andgroove-connection of the nut and hear" and permitting rotation of theshaft, wh ifix rotation is parted through the spiral gears 18' and 19 pring a thrust receiving a great portion of the stress placed upon theshaft 12 by the plates 14 when in open or partly open position,

preventi'n the transmission oil flhiS-zstress to the. opera nut 28 in adegree sufioient to causethe rotation of the shaft 17 and theconseqnentnlosure of the plates.

Eromathe foregoing it is believed to be obvious that a device of thischaracter constructed in accordance with our invention is articularlywell ada ted for the purpose or which it is in ed b reason of the factthat it provides means or removing the glare from the headli hts withoutdestroymg the illumination 0 the road at the front or read edge side ofthe vehicle and fin thei" more in that it provides a device which isreadily operated,sim5le in construction. and which may be readyinstalled. It will furthermore he obvious that the construcfiion thereofas hereinbefore'set forth is capabl'e-of some change and modificationwith out materially departing from the spirit of our invention and 'weaccordingly do not limit ourselves to the specific structure thereofexcept as hereinafter claimed.

We claim:

In a shade device for the headlights of vehicles and in combination witha. vehicle provided with headlights arranged adjacent opposite sidesthereof a plate associated with each of the headlights, and means forshifting said 18.1368 to cover and uncover the lens opemn of theheadlights one of said nplates being provided in the lower margin edgethereof with a notch permitting aporti'on of'the rays of the headlightto pass downwardl and forwardly from the 'eadlight, the at or of saidplates provided with a notch ermrtting; passage of the rays of theheadlight downwar y and'forwardly and to that side of the headlightremote from the headlight bearing the first named plate.

In testimony whereof we hereunto afiix our signatures.

PAUL S. SNHTH; W; L. SINEMONS- ALBERT FORBES.

